New Road, Instow
Key Features
- Unique Development Opportunity
- 5 Flats 12 Parking Spaces
- Tremendous Far Reaching Views
- Popular Instow Village Location
- Highly Sought After New Road Position
- Full Planning Granted
- For More Information Contact The Team.
Description
EXCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY - A highly unique opportunity to acquire a rare development site in the popular coastal village of Instow. With 5 flats and 12 parking spaces, underground garaging and tremendous views.
Development Opportunity – Instow, North Devon
An exciting opportunity to acquire a prime development site in one of North Devon's most desirable coastal villages, with a pending planning application for the demolition of the existing garage and construction of a contemporary apartment scheme comprising five residential units, together with 12 allocated parking spaces, widened vehicular access and associated landscaping works.
Situated on New Road, Instow, the site occupies a highly sought-after position within easy reach of the village centre, estuary waterfront and sandy beach. Whether retained as a private development or built for open market sale, the scheme offers an excellent opportunity to create high-quality homes in an area where demand consistently outstrips supply.
Instow is one of North Devon's most prestigious coastal villages, renowned for its sandy beach, yacht club, sailing waters and stunning views across the Taw and Torridge Estuary towards Appledore. The village offers an excellent selection of amenities including popular cafés, restaurants, public houses, delicatessen, primary school and convenience store, whilst the nearby port town of Bideford provides a wider range of shopping, schooling and everyday facilities. The North Devon coastline, Tarka Trail and renowned surfing beaches at Westward Ho! and Saunton are all within easy reach, making the location highly desirable for both permanent residents and second-home buyers.
Planning
Planning Application No. 79401 has been approved by North Devon Council for the demolition of the existing garage to Newstead, New Road and erection of a five-unit apartment building with associated external works, including 12 parking spaces and widening of the existing access.
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A rare opportunity to secure a well-positioned development site in one of North Devon's most sought-after coastal locations.
Map Location
Property details
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Council Tax Band
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- Date Posted
- 2026-07-20
Utilities & Restrictions
Utilities
- Electricity
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- Water
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- Heating
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- Broadband
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- Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions
- Public Rights of Way
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- Private Rights of Way
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- Listed Property
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- Restrictions
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.
Property Features
- Accessibility
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- Parking
- Parking Available
- Garden
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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.
Connectivity
Broadband
Fastest speed available at this postcode
1 Gbps
Gigabit full fibre · available to 44% of premises
Suitable for
- 4K streaming on every screen
- Full-time home working
- Online gaming & big downloads
Fixed wireless access may also be an option here.
Mobile signal
Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.
Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.
Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.
Nearest Schools
Primary
- Instow Community Primary and Pre-School0.6 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 136
- Type
- Foundation school
- Appledore School1.1 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 244
- Type
- Foundation school
- St George's CofE Infant and Nursery School2 milesOfsted report card · Nov 2025
- Ages
- 3 to 7
- Pupils
- 110
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Church of England
- St Margaret's Church of England Junior School2 milesOfsted: Requires improvement
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Pupils
- 184
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Church of England
- St Mary's CofE Primary School2.3 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 397
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Church of England
Secondary
- Bideford College3.2 milesOfsted report card · May 2026
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,455
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Braunton Academy3.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 828
- Type
- Academy converter
- Pilton Community College5.1 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 1,165
- Type
- Academy converter
- The Park Community School5.4 milesOfsted: Good *
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 1,408
- Type
- Academy converter
- Great Torrington School6.8 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 863
- Type
- Academy converter
* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.
Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.
Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.
Amenities
Supermarket
GP surgery
Pharmacy
Hospital
Green space
Walking trail
Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.
The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.
Getting Around
Nearest station
Nearest bus stop
Typical drive times
Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.
Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.
Flood Risk
From Environment Agency flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.
Rivers and the sea
Surface water
The detail behind these bandings
The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.
- Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
- Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
- Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
- Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
- Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
- Ground risks (included in the full report)
- Sold prices nearby (included in the full report)
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Phillips, Smith & Dunn, Bideford
64-65 Mill Street, Bideford, EX39 2JT
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